The role of Robert A. Taft in the history of the United States of America. ... His own reputation untarnished, however, Taft found new direction with his opposition to incoming president Franklin D. Roosevelt`s New Deal. But never having to ... Taft went on to become a major spokesman for the isolationist Republican Old Right. read more
Taft went on to become a major spokesman for the isolationist Republican Old Right. With his new goal and direction, he began a crusade by reorganizing the Cincinnati Republican organization. Confident of his ideals, he ran for the U.S. Senate in 1937 and won an easy victory over the incumbent, Robert Bulkley. read more